| Escape from Oz | |
|---|---|
| Oz episode | |
| Episode No. | Season 2, Episode 8, # 16 |
| Directed by | Jean de Segonzac |
| Written by | Tom Fontana |
| Original Air Date | August 31, 1998 |
| Episode Guide | |
| Previous Animal Farm |
Next The Truth and Nothing But... |
"Escape from Oz" is the eighth episode and season finale of the second season and the sixteenth overall episode of the HBO television series Oz. Written by Tom Fontana and directed by Jean de Segonzac, it originally aired on August 31, 1998.
Plot[]
Narrations[]
Escape. What a word. What a concept. The dictionary says "escape" means "to break loose, to bust free." Yeah. There are all kinds of ways to get the fuck out of Oz. For example, you can dig your way out.
Prisoner number 96M542. Mark Mack. Convicted June 1, '96. Murder in the second degree, vandalism, hate crimes. Sentence: 70 years, up for parole in 40.
Every inmate wants out of prison, by hook or by crook. Course, there are some who find that once they're free, life on the other side ain't all it's cracked up to be.
What's the opposite of "escape"? I don't mean arriving, I mean, being in a place and getting sucked deeper and deeper inside. So far down, that you almost burst through to another side.
You can escape from Oz in subtle ways. Heroin, alcohol. You shellac your brain with chemicals and it's almost as good as being free. Problem is, you do too many drugs and you become a prisoner of a different sort. And it's even harder to escape the emptiness that follows.
Yeah, there are all kind of ways to escape from Oz. You can dig a tunnel, you can die, or you can exit through your soul.
Prisoner number 98J604, Kipkemie Jara. Convicted August 1, '98. Criminally negligent homicide. Sentence: 20 years, up for parole in 8.
There are legal ways to escape from Oz. Parole hearings, court appeals, and then there's clemency. Clemency. It sounds so benign, doesn't it? So purifying.
Yeah. Everybody wants to escape from Oz. Of course, the truth is, there is no escape. I mean, let's say you manage to sneak out. Then you gotta run and keep running. And a life of running away ain't no life at all. Better to stay put, face reality. Deal with what you got and make the best of it. Yeah. The measure of a man is not where he lives, but how. How he makes the best of it. Make the best of it. Later.
Deceased[]
Unnamed grave keeper (flashback)- Stabbed with pick-axe by Mark Mack.
Mark Mack- Crushed in tunnel by Bob Rebadow and Agamemnon Busmalis weakening support beams.
Unnamed Aryan- Crushed in tunnel by Bob Rebadow and Agamemnon Busmalis weakening support beams.
Unnamed Italian (flashback)- Died through unspecified means. Funeral shown with Cyril and Ryan O'Reily.
Unnamed child (flashback)- Died through unspecified means during an attempted healing by Kipekemie Jara.
Kipekemie Jara- Stabbed in back by Kenny Wangler.
Crime flashbacks[]
Mark Mack- Murder in the second degree, vandalism, hate crimes.
Ryan O'Reily-Brawl at funeral leading to Cyril O'Reily's brain damage.
Kipekemie Jara- Criminally negligent homicide